Night Creature

{{Short description|1978 American horror film by Lee Madden}}

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{{for|the 1962 horror film also known as Night Creatures|Captain Clegg (film)}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Night Creature

| image = Night_Creature_poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Lee Madden

| producer = Ross Hagen

| writer =

| screenplay = Hugh Smith

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| starring = Donald Pleasence
Nancy Kwan
Ross Hagen
Jennifer Rhodes

| music = Jim Helms

| cinematography = Permphol Cheyaroon

| editing = Martin Dreffke

| studio =

| distributor = Dimension Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1978}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

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Night Creature (also known as Out of the Darkness) is a 1978 American horror film directed by Lee Madden and starring Donald Pleasence and Nancy Kwan.{{Cite web |title=Night Creature |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150249448 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} The screenplay was by Hugh Smith. Its plot follows a group of visitors on an island who are stalked by a vicious leopard that a big-game hunter has let loose to hunt.